Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly - Softcover

Thomas, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605982784 ISBN 13: 9781605982786

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2012

Synopsis

"Donald Thomas is the all-time best at Sherlockian pastiche."―Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?“ asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers in 1898, must face a new challenge, one that plunges the great detective into the realm of the supernatural. Miss Temple has been found guilty―but also insane―at her trial for murdering a child under her care. She is locked away in the Broadmoor lunatic asylum and, worse still, she believes fully in her own guilt.

But were the hauntings at the Elizabethan manor house of Bly a vision of the walking dead, perhaps, rather than delusions of her tormented mind? Or could it be that a criminal conspiracy is to blame for the psychic phenomena? In the company of Dr. Watson, the indefatigable Holmes will track down the perpetrators through the occult underworld of Victorian London.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald Thomas has published forty books, including poetry, fiction, biography, and true crime.  A stage-play based on his work The Return of Sherlock Holmes, was recently produced in Wales.  His biography of Robert Browning was short-listed for the Whitbread Award and he received The Gregory Award from T. S. Eliot personally for his poetry collection Points of Contact.  The Execution of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the King's Evil and Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly are all available from Pegasus Books. He lives in Bath.

Review:

“With respect for the canon, deep knowledge of Victorian and Edwardian England, and the writing chops to replicate the Watsonian style, Thomas is the all-time best at Sherlockian pastiche.”
- Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1605982784
• ISBN 13: 9781605982786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352